Refresh Your House Plants

Susan Sanders-Kinzel
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January 7, 20050 found this helpful

Place houseplants outdoors during a rain to catch the rainwater. Rainwater will help flush out accumulated salts from tap water, too.

By Linda

pm omoth

January 30, 20051 found this helpful

My problem----------Don't forget to take them back inside. Needless to say I don't have a green thumb.

Jenni

February 16, 20090 found this helpful

Also, water your plants with warm water. I never did that until the last month and my begonia has started blooming non-stop now.

Anonymous

February 16, 20090 found this helpful

This sounds like a good idea. I am thinking that a person can catch rain water to use on the house plants instead of house water. It would help the plant to not get so much salt build up.

Place houseplants outdoors during a rain to catch the rainwater. Rainwater will help flush out accumulated salts from tap water, too.

Trevor Rose

February 17, 20090 found this helpful

I use a waste banana skin to polish Aspidistra leaves, and my aquarium's filter waste water is used to feed my house plants

My daughter-in-law uses mayonnaise and rubs down the leaves of her plants with it. Makes it clean and shiny!
P.S. I did think she was crazy when she told me about it though.